Ford warns shareholders about low-ball stock offer

Ford Motor is urging its shareholders to reject a Canadian investment firm’s bid to buy up to 8 million Ford shares at below-market price.
The […]

Unemployment rate dips in February, but job creation stalls

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Historic credits use surges in late ‘11

Even as lawmakers spent the fall debating its fate, the use of Missouri’s Historic Preservation Tax Credit surged at the end of 2011.
State officials authorized […]

European jitters to weigh on stocks

U.S. stocks were set to open lower Monday as concerns on Europe’s debt crisis returned and gas prices continued to rise.
The Dow Jones industrial […]

Manufacturing, Spending Probably Gained in February: U.S. Economy Preview - Bloomberg

Manufacturing probably accelerated for a fourth straight month in February, consumer confidence improved and Americans picked up the pace of spending a month earlier, economists […]

S&P at highest point since ‘08

A two-point gain was enough to push the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to its highest level since June 2008, three months before the collapse […]

Iran says Stuxnet virus infected 16,000 computers

A senior Iranian intelligence official says an estimated 16,000 computers were infected by the Stuxnet virus.
The powerful virus targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities and other industrial […]

McDonald’s phasing out tiny cages for pigs

McDonald’s said it will get its pork suppliers to phase out the use of immobilizing cages for pregnant pigs, a move that was applauded […]

‘Ethical iPhone’ protests hit Apple stores

Protesters visited a half-dozen Apple stores around the world on Thursday to deliver petitions calling for reforms in the working conditions at factories run […]

Builders group sees pickup in housing this year

The U.S. housing market will begin to mount a turnaround this year, building toward a solid recovery in 2013, according to a forecast issued Wednesday […]